Manila files over 100 protests against China's incursions in Philippine waters


The Philippines has been filing protests almost daily since last month, when Chinese vessels started swarming around Whitsun Reef. - Reuters

MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): The administration of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has filed around 100 diplomatic protests against China's various incursions in the West Philippine Sea despite the President's vaunted "pivot to China" foreign policy.

The Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFA) office for strategic communications executive director Ivy Banzon-Abalos told reporters on Saturday (May 29): "We have filed 99 protest notes, as at May 28,2021."

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